Table 1.

Baseline Participant Characteristics by Acculturation Level: Proyecto Buena Salud, Western Massachusetts, 2004–2008

	Total sample		Acculturationa
	n	%	Low (%)	High (%)	p value
Total sample	632	100.0	81.1	18.9
Age					0.25
16–24	425	69.1	80.2	19.8
25–29	123	20.0	87.1	12.9
30–34	45	7.3	78.6	21.4
35–40	22	3.6	72.7	27.3
Educational status					0.93
<High school	284	47.8	80.1	19.9
High school graduate	201	33.8	80.9	19.1
Some college/graduate	109	18.4	84.5	15.5
Annual household income					0.50
≤$15,000	193	32.8	79.4	20.6
>$15,000–$30,000	92	15.6	77.8	22.2
>$30,000	47	8.0	80.9	19.1
Don't know/refused	257	43.6	83.9	16.1
Health insurance					0.53
No insurance	27	4.8	74.0	26.0
Private insurance	7	1.2	100.0	0.0
Public insurance	453	79.8	81.1	18.9
Other	78	13.7	84.2	15.8
Don't know/refused	3	0.5	66.7	33.3
Marital status					0.18
Single/divorced/separated/widowed	509	86.6	80.1	19.9
Married	73	12.4	88.9	11.1
Refused	6	1.0	83.3	16.7
Live with spouse/partner					0.005
No	275	46.8	76.5	23.5
Yes	313	53.2	85.6	14.4
Children (<18 years) in householdb					0.46
0	116	19.8	79.3	20.7
1	205	35.0	81.8	18.2
2	146	25.0	84.6	15.4
3+	118	20.2	77.2	22.8
Adults (≥18 years) in householdb					0.04
1	140	23.7	74.3	25.7
2	292	49.5	84.2	15.8
3+	154	26.8	83.4	16.6
Language preference for speaking/reading					<0.001
English	438	73.5	75.6	24.4
Spanish	153	25.7	97.2	2.8
Other	5	0.8	100.0	0.0
Birthplace					<0.001
Puerto Rico/Dominican Republic	288	47.8	72.2	27.8
United States	315	52.2	89.7	10.3
Generation in the U.S.c					<0.001
First generation	288	47.9	89.7	10.3
Second generation	277	46.1	72.2	27.8
Third generation	36	6.0	71.0	29.0
Prepregnancy alcohol consumption					0.82
None	341	59.8	81.9	18.1
1–5 drinks per month	71	12.5	77.1	22.9
5–12 drinks per month	71	12.5	81.4	18.6
>12 drinks per month	87	15.3	80.0	20.0
Early pregnancy alcohol consumption					0.17
None	537	97.1	81.5	18.5
Yes	16	2.9	73.3	26.7
Prepregnancy cigarette smoking					0.68
None	190	49.6	80.5	19.5
≤10 cigarettes per day	103	26.9	76.5	23.5
>10 cigarettes per day	90	23.5	80.7	19.3
Early pregnancy cigarette smoking					0.47
None	472	85.5	81.8	18.2
≤10 cigarettes per day	65	11.8	79.4	20.6
>10 cigarettes per day	15	2.7	71.4	28.6

^aAcculturation is measured by the Psychological Acculturation Scale and ranges from 1 to 5; score <3 = low acculturation.

^bIncluding the participant as appropriate: if <18 years, included as a child; if >18 years, included as an adult.

^cFirst generation: born in PR/DR or parent born in PR/DR; second generation: born in U.S. but parents born in PR/DR; third generation: born in U.S., parents born in U.S., grandparents born in PR/DR.

Note: numbers may not total to 632 due to missing data.